Detours, Discoveries and Decisions

Times is a teacher of vivid instruction
only the lesson often come
through trial and error, detours of impulse,
discovering you aren’t as smart as you imagine
and the eventual decision to at last
accept you do have to read instructions
rather than just do thing by whim.

How long it takes between the bruises and errors
in order for the truth to really sink into the brain
depends on how many layers of pride and stubbornness
have to get worn away from you illusions
just to finally embrace that reality
not all solutions in life that you think are okay
are achieved through simple applications
of effort and dumb luck!

Maturity is the wisdom
that comes once you stop lying to yourself
then finally listen for a change
to the facts you ignore
from being a consumed with the arrogance.